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avidin

avidin noun: a tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.

Noun

avidin (countable and uncountable, plural avidins)

  1. A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.

avidin meaning in Tamil

avidin in Tamil

வௌளைக்கரு புரதம்

Forms of avidin

pluralavidins

Origin of avidin

From Latin avidus (“hungry”) + -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin.

Words formed from avidin

Questions about avidin

What does avidin mean?
Avidin means a tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
What is avidin in Tamil?
Avidin in Tamil is வௌளைக்கரு புரதம். See Avidin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is avidin?
Avidin is a noun.
What is the plural of avidin?
The plural of avidin is avidins.

Words near avidin in the dictionary

  1. aviculturist
  2. aviculturists
  3. avid
  4. avider
  5. avidest
  6. avidin
  7. avidinated
  8. avidins
  9. avidious
  10. avidiously
  11. avidities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: avidin (page history and authors); avidin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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